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Smart Tugs And Trucks That Don't Sleep. Automation Rewires US Transport
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (1116+ words) The next wave is different. Automation is turning transportation networks into continuously optimizing systems that consume less energy per unit moved, operate for longer hours, reduce labor bottlenecks and reshape demand for fuels and electricity. Across rivers, roads, rail and…...
Los Angeles and Long Beach Post Strong June as Retailers Frontload Imports
1+ mon, 13+ hour ago (728+ words) The nation’s two busiest container gateways continued to benefit from an early peak shipping season in June as importers rushed cargo into the United States ahead of potential new tariffs, with the Port of Los Angeles posting its busiest June…...
Transportation Financial Intelligence: The Lesson Behind Every Supply Chain Disruption
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (875+ words) Freight Audit & Payment is no longer defined only by invoice processing. It is evolving into a strategic discipline centered on governance, automation, intelligence, opportunity identification, and measurable business outcomes. The Strait of Hormuz is one example. The Red Sea is…...
The Engine Room Problem And Why Machinery Failure Remains Shipping's Dominant Risk
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (834+ words) By Paul Morgan (gCaptain) – Every year, Allianz Commercial publishes its Safety and Shipping Review, and every year the shipping industry’s commentators reach for the same headline: the long-term decline in total losses, the improving safety record, the falling incident numbers....
CMA CGM to Buy FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 Billion, Expanding North American Logistics Business
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (336+ words) The CMA CGM Group has agreed to acquire FedEx Supply Chain from FedEx in a deal valued at $1.4 billion, significantly expanding its North American contract logistics business while establishing new long-term ocean and air cargo partnerships between the two companies....
The Last Hitch 5 Financial Moves Every Mariner Should Make Before Going Shoreside
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (1001+ words) Logistics and transportation of International Container Cargo ship in the ocean at twilight sky, Freight Transportation, Shipping There’s a moment every mariner thinks about, even if they haven’t lived it yet. The last bag packed. The last safety briefing. The…...
When the Underwriters Blinked: What the Hormuz Insurance Crisis Really Means
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (383+ words) The viral social media post claimed Donald Trump had just “killed the British Empire” in a matter of minutes. The truth is simultaneously more complicated, more interesting, and in some ways more consequential than that. By Paul Morgan (gCaptain) – The…...
HMM Remains Profitable in 2025 Despite Global Freight Rate Collapse
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (635+ words) South Korea’s HMM managed to stay in the black through a bruising 2025 for container shipping, posting a 13.4% operating margin even as freight rates collapsed across major trade lanes and several global rivals slipped into losses. The Seoul-based carrier reported full-year…...
Labor Department Eases Insurance Rules for U.S. Shipbuilders
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (274+ words) USNS Oscar V. Peterson (T-AO-206) (ex-USNS Harvey Milk). Credit: General Dynamics NASSCO The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new guidance easing insurance requirements for shipbuilding and other strategically important industries, a regulatory shift aimed at lowering costs across America’s maritime industrial…...
TEN CEO: Shadow Fleet Crunch Has Pushed Tanker Rates to Rare Levels
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (923+ words) As geopolitical turmoil reshapes global energy trade routes and sanctions pull nearly a third of the world’s tanker fleet into shadow operations, a severe shortage of high-quality tonnage has sent charter rates soaring to levels rarely seen in the industry’s…...